Tag: Succession to the Crown

Abdicating: reasons and advantages © Kongehuset / Keld Navntoft
History, Miscellaneous

Abdicating: reasons and advantages

For a long time, monarchs tended to sit on their thrones until the day they died, and many regarded it as a failure to quit the throne. The heirs were handed over more power if necessary. With the abdication of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, another country has joined the growing list of monarchies, where […]

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Watch the Danish succession of the throne live Photo: Kongehuset/Per Morten Abrahamsen
News, Other News

Watch the Danish succession of the throne live

The Danish tv-channel DR is broadcasting the abdication of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and the proclamation of King Frederik X of Denmark on 14 January 2024 live from Copenhagen all day here. Also available abroad. In Austria ORF2 broadcasts, partly from Copenhagen, from 1.20pm to 3.55pm. The German channel ZDF only starts their broadcast […]

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